Senators Offer a New Blueprint for Immigration — A bipartisan group of senators has agreed on a set of principles for a sweeping overhaul of the immigration system, including a pathway to American citizenship for 11 million illegal immigrants that would hinge on progress in securing the borders …

Senate group reaches immigration deal — A powerful group of senators from both parties has reached a deal on the outlines of a comprehensive immigration overhaul, a development that will drive an emotional debate on a hot-button issue unseen in Washington for more than half a decade.

Obama and Clinton: The 60 Minutes interview — The following script is from “The President and the Secretary of State” which aired on Jan. 27, 2013. Steve Kroft is the correspondent. Michael Radutzky, Maria Gavrilovic and L. Franklin Devine, producers. — There are few people …

Makers, Takers, Fakers — Republicans have a problem. For years they could shout down any attempt to point out the extent to which their policies favored the elite over the poor and the middle class; all they had to do was yell “Class warfare!” and Democrats scurried away.

Iran ‘successfully sends monkey into space’ — Images of the monkey being prepared for lift-off were shown on Iranian television — Iran says it has successfully sent a monkey into space. — The primate travelled in a Pishgam rocket, which reached an altitude of some 120km (75 miles) …

Reading the new New Republic — Last week, I attended a panel in New York City on “the unexpected future of media” hosted by The New Republic. Chris Hughes, the 29-year-old owner, publisher, and editor-in-chief of the magazine, said a few introductory words.

Paul Krugman: U.S. has ‘running room’ — Paul Krugman on Monday said the deficit isn't his top concern and called for President Barack Obama to stay focused on job creation. — “We still have substantial running room,” Krugman, the economist and New York Times columnist, said on MSNBC's “Morning Joe.”

Beyond Selma-to-Stonewall — By including gay rights in the arc of the struggle for civil rights — the road “through Seneca Falls and Selma and Stonewall” — President Obama linked his presidency to ending antigay discrimination and underscored the legal wrong of denying gay people the freedom to marry.

Why Obama picked Hagel — Bob Woodward is an associate editor of The Post. His latest book is “The Price of Politics.” Evelyn M. Duffy contributed to this column. — In the first months of the Obama presidency in 2009, Chuck Hagel, who had just finished two terms as a U.S. senator …

Islamist rebels torch Timbuktu manuscript library: mayor — DAKAR (Reuters) - Islamist fighters fleeing Mali's ancient Saharan city of Timbuktu as French and Malian troops closed in set fire to a South African-funded library there containing thousands of priceless manuscripts, the city's mayor said on Monday.

The perils of invoking ‘absolutism’ — A nation should be concerned when it seems its leader has tired of the grueling work of democracy. — One of the most remarkable and frightening aspects of President Barack Obama's inaugural address was his dismissal of his opposition …

Madam Would-Be Mayor — “The Council is made up of middle-class people representing middle-class people,” says Duane. “And the consensus that Chris has been able to create on the widest variety of issues is a wonder to behold. And it's by the person who represents Hell's Kitchen …

‘Gun control’ doesn't survive Christmas — Number of mentions of the term “gun control” in the news, according to Nexis. — On the day of the Sandy Hook elementary school shooting in Newtown, Conn., we published a chart showing the Sisyphean nature of the national gun control discussion.

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